dehiscent

From Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō (“I divide, split open, gape”), from hiscō (“I yawn, gape”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈhɪsənt/

dehiscent (comparative more dehiscent, superlative most dehiscent)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
2. (botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence

• decentish

dehiscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dehisco

Borrowed from French déhiscent, from Latin dehiscens.

dehiscent m or n (feminine singular dehiscentă, masculine plural dehiscenți, feminine and neuter plural dehiscente)

1. dehiscent